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Wildfire Safety Legislative Budget Update

Recently, as part of the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget process, Congressman Doug Lamborn joined dozens of Congressmen in calling for actions to "address the ongoing decline in health of our National Forest System (NFS)." Including "[Shifting] funding toward those accounts that will allow the Forest Service to increase the scale and pace of restoration work in the NFS."

Among other things, this request states that "the NFS has been in a state of declining health for more than two decades. Not only are more wildfires burning federal lands, but they burn hotter, faster, and destroy more acres. These fires are a tremendous threat to watersheds and communities across the country."